Emirates announces expansion of Madrid service from spring 2015

Emirates has announced plans to offer a double daily service to Barcelona, less than three years after its initial launch to the city.

From May 2nd 2015 Emirates will add a further 3,724 seats per week to Barcelona increasing overall capacity by 51 per cent.

The extra service will be operated by a Boeing 777-200LR in a three class configuration, complementing the airline’s already successful daily A380 service.

Timings for the new flight have been scheduled to create and facilitate more effective connections between Barcelona and key cities in the Far East, Middle East, Australia and Africa, via Emirates’ Dubai hub.

“Barcelona continues to be a huge success story for Emirates.

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“In less than three years we have not only launched a new service but also added significant capacity in order to keep up with customer demand.